General Question

No games will run on my Windows 8 PC?

Most games I’ve downloaded just won’t start (my pc is relatively new and should be able to run them). when i press the shortcuts, nothing happens. Others will start but I can only see a black screen or there are no clickable items etc

10 Answers

Did you do an in place upgrade or a clean install? I did a clean install of windows 8 and have had no problems running any games (from steam, from blizzard from DVD) even games that Microsoft said may not be compatible.

And thus we run into the issues inherent in first-generation anything, and why, despite being a technophile, I am not an early adopter. It’s a common issue, and (as @Lightlyseared points out) seems to hit upgraders more than clean installs, implying serious issues with the upgrade version.

OK – Mine is a new PC and it came pre-loaded with Windows 8. This is seriously my first time ever buying anything first generation.

All in all, I really like Windows 8. There is one program, I forget the name of it right now… it’s a safety feature that makes sure whatever you’re running isn’t going to kill your computer. It keeps asking me if I want to run my games in “safe mode”.

This means Windows 8 apps run beautifully (like they get a hall pass), but play from disc stuff takes a while to load up. I’m going to find some way to disable that program, and see if my darling Fable can quit taking its sweet time to get moving.